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Job Description

Overview

The Welder/Fabricator position is an entry-level role focused on the safe and efficient fabrication of steel products under close supervision. The job is located in Huron, SD, and offers a competitive pay rate along with a full benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Embrace and demonstrate the qualities of the TrueNorth Steel Game Changer definition.
  • Follow all company safety and quality requirements.
  • Learn company policies and procedures.
  • Work on basic manufacturing assignments that have set standards.
  • Follow detailed instructions while observed closely by supervisor or lead.
  • Problem solve simple and non-complex issues that need little judgement.
  • Perform measurements within specified tolerances.
  • Learn to read blueprints.
  • Work with others.
  • Work safely and accurately.
  • Maintain prompt and dependable attendance.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED preferred.
  • 0-1 years of welding experience preferred.
  • Able to perform simple flat and horizontal welds and flat groove welds.
  • Able to fit and weld subassemblies with tack or spot weld.
  • Exhibit knowledge of material identification, equipment utilization and welding equipment set-up and maintenance.
  • General knowledge of equipment and operations.
  • Basic understanding of weld symbols.
  • Understand and follow oral and written directions.
  • Ability to read a tape measure (imperial and metric).
  • Ability to accept responsibility and account for actions.
  • Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
  • Ability to be truthful and credible in the workplace.
  • Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
  • Dependable and trustworthy.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Day shift: Monday - Thursday, 6:30 am - 5:00 pm (OT Friday as needed).
  • Location: Huron, SD.

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How this job compares in Huron, SD

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Huron, SD, whose middle half runs $25–$26/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Huron, SD

Huron, SD currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 46 other active welding openings from 27 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Huron, or widen the search to South Dakota.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (6), Maguire (5), and Terex Corporation (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.